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Strategic Leadership Transition: GXS Bank (“GXS”) is undergoing a pivotal leadership shift in mid-2025, with Group CEO Muthukrishnan Ramaswami retiring in May and Lai Pei Si (current CEO of the successful Malaysian subsidiary, GXBank) taking the helm in June.
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Aggressive Growth with Profitability in Sight: The bank has set a concrete target to achieve profitability by March 2027. 
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Ecosystem-Led "Gen Z &amp; Gig" Focus: Unlike traditional banks, GXS leverages the massive user bases of its shareholders, Grab and Singtel, to target underserved segments like gig workers, early jobbers, and micro-SMEs.
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Strategic Leadership Transition: GXS Bank (“GXS”) is undergoing a pivotal leadership shift in mid-2025, with Group CEO Muthukrishnan Ramaswami retiring in May and Lai Pei Si (current CEO of the successful Malaysian subsidiary, GXBank) taking the helm in June.


Aggressive Growth with Profitability in Sight: The bank has set a concrete target to achieve profitability by March 2027. 


Ecosystem-Led "Gen Z &amp; Gig" Focus: Unlike traditional banks, GXS leverages the massive user bases of its shareholders, Grab and Singtel, to target underserved segments like gig workers, early jobbers, and micro-SMEs.



GXS Bank: Playing Catch up to Scale (Initiation)

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

<ul><li>GXS Bank's FlexiLoan product allows phased capital drawdowns and early repayment without penalties, addressing inefficiencies in renovation loans.</li><li>GXS Group's FY24 income was S$32.1 million, with a net loss of S$214 million due to credit reserves.</li><li>GXS Bank acquired Validus Capital to enhance SME lending capabilities, focusing on working capital loans and trade finance.</li></ul>

GXS Bank's FlexiLoan product allows phased capital drawdowns and early repayment without penalties, addressing inefficiencies in renovation loans.GXS Group's FY24 income was S$32.1 million, with a net loss of S$214 million due to credit reserves.GXS Bank acquired Validus Capital to enhance SME lending capabilities, focusing on working capital loans and trade finance.

kopi-C with GXS Group CEO Lai Pei-Si: GXS Bank’s Blueprint for Scale, Profitability and Purpose

Director, Head of Research, Smartkarma

Pranav Rao

Director, Head of Research

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

Event-Driven

Singapore Telecommunications / Event-Driven

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we review value-unlocking moves by Singapore-listed companies, take stock of India’s jewellery retail market, and track how Taiwan’s largest ETF drives flows for its adds and deletes</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next</li>
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Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we review value-unlocking moves by Singapore-listed companies, take stock of India’s jewellery retail market, and track how Taiwan’s largest ETF drives flows for its adds and deletes
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Singapore Unlocks Value, India’s Jewellery Caution & Taiwan's Top ETF's Rebalance

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

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<li>A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.</li>
<li>Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12:1" rel="noopener">Keppel Corp (KEP SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangzijiang-financial-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35926:1" rel="noopener">Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP)</a>. </li>
<li>The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.</li>
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A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.
Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - Keppel Corp (KEP SP) and Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP). 
The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.


Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>After selling its Aussie-based logistics ops earlier this year, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-post-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:150:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Post (SPOST SP)</a> continues to divest non-core assets and businesses.</li>
<li>The latest is the sale and leaseback of 10 Housing &amp; Development Board shophouses, which could net S$50mn. </li>
<li>SPOST has declared a S$0.09/share special dividend from the Aussie sale. Shareholders will vote on the dividend at the AGM on the 23rd July.  </li>
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After selling its Aussie-based logistics ops earlier this year, Singapore Post (SPOST SP) continues to divest non-core assets and businesses.
The latest is the sale and leaseback of 10 Housing &amp; Development Board shophouses, which could net S$50mn. 
SPOST has declared a S$0.09/share special dividend from the Aussie sale. Shareholders will vote on the dividend at the AGM on the 23rd July.  


SingPost (SPOST SP): More Non-Core Divestments - Slowly But Surely

Singapore

Singapore Telecommunications is Asia's leading communications technology group, providing next-generation communication, 5G, technology services, and infotainment to consumers and businesses. It offers mobile, broadband, TV, fixed-line telephony, IT and network services, data centers, managed cloud, IoT, and cybersecurity solutions. The company is headquartered in Singapore and was founded in 1879.

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Singapore Telecommunications (ST SP)

GXS Bank: Playing Catch up to Scale (Initiation)

Strategic Leadership Transition: GXS Bank (“GXS”) is undergoing a pivotal leadership shift in mid-2025, with Group CEO Muthukrishnan Ramaswami...

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kopi-C with GXS Group CEO Lai Pei-Si: GXS Bank’s Blueprint for Scale, Profitability and Purpose

GXS Bank's FlexiLoan product allows phased capital drawdowns and early repayment without penalties, addressing inefficiencies in renovation...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Curator's Cut: Singapore Unlocks Value, India’s Jewellery Caution & Taiwan's Top ETF's Rebalance

We review how value is being unlocked in Singapore, why Indian jewellery retail merits due diligence, and Taiwan's largest ETF's impact on flows

Pranav Rao

Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Spin Offs and Non-Core Asset divestments have delivered outsized returns for shareholders of several SGX listed stocks over the past year - here...

Devi Subhakesan

SingPost (SPOST SP): More Non-Core Divestments - Slowly But Surely

Singapore Post has divested its entire freight forwarding business, Famous Holdings, for S$177.9mn. The sale results in an realised gain on...

David Blennerhassett

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